Question

Why did the Native Americans not feel threatened with removal by the army?

Answer 1

Answer: The judicial branch had supported their position.

Explanation: As a last resort they planned to bring suit before the Supreme Court because they felt that why should they be expelled from their lands when they no longer threatened white settlements and could compete with them on many levels? They intended to fight their ouster, and they figured they had many ways to do it.

The Supreme Court ruled that The Native Americans were “domestic dependent nations,” subject to the United States as a ward to a guardian. The territory was part of the United States but not subject to action by individual states. However, the missionaries encouraged them to stand fast. When the Native Americans read Marshall’s decision, they had honestly believed that the Nation had won the case, that Georgia lacked authority to control their lives and property, and that the courts would protect them.